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was thinking about it last night with ann romney's speech. she was attractive, articulate. but i thought she missed... if i were writing her words as a republican i thought she missed really the key vulnerability of barack obama. i they is the biggest danger for barack obama is that a critical mass of swing voters say the following: barack obama, good guy, wonderful father, he's been great to have had the first african american president but just not up to it. it's a nice guy, don't blame him but i want to try something new. >> rose: right. >> ann romney had a killer line in her speech last night which she completely swallowed and the line was "mitt romney will not fail." to me that whole speech should have been that. had she come out and said "mitt romney will not fail and i know that because here's what he did in college. i know mitt romney will not fail bause here's what he did in his first job. i know mitt romney will not fail because here's how he dealt with his first crisis." she didn't build on it at all. i think the obama people are v
was thinking about it last night with ann romney's speech. she was attractive, articulate. but i thought she missed... if i were writing her words as a republican i thought she missed really the key vulnerability of barack obama. i they is the biggest danger for barack obama is that a critical mass of swing voters say the following: barack obama, good guy, wonderful father, he's been great to have had the first african american president but just not up to it. it's a nice guy, don't blame him...
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i thought he blew a chance, quite honestly, after ann romney's speech to come up and say word or two and just say, you know, "you can understand now why this is the best wife in the world" or whatever. just sort of an authentic response. that's what's missing, i think. and i think that people are looking for it. they want to be comfortable with the president. >> woodruff: what do you think his job is? >> i'd say he's got to give a story where he says "this was a pivotal moment in my life, that moving moment when my soul was transformed and this is how i felt and this is how i reacted." a lot of speechs have mentioned him like a "dear occupant" letter. like it says "dear" and then in a different font "david brookts it's like our nominee "mitt romney" and then it could be any nominee. and they're running a generic race. he's got to be more specific with what happened to him. >> woodruff: we've had a chance, as gwen said, to look at the interprets from the speech tonight. he is going to talk about his faith. he's going to talk about his work. do you see anything in these excerpts that t
i thought he blew a chance, quite honestly, after ann romney's speech to come up and say word or two and just say, you know, "you can understand now why this is the best wife in the world" or whatever. just sort of an authentic response. that's what's missing, i think. and i think that people are looking for it. they want to be comfortable with the president. >> woodruff: what do you think his job is? >> i'd say he's got to give a story where he says "this was a...
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ray suarez watched mitt romney's speech last night with a group of undecided virginians. >> i thought it did a very good job of personalizing him. i thought he came across just a little more human. >> i just don't know if he has the fire to actually convince people to jump on board, whatever his policies end up. >> woodruf and back from tampa, before heading to charlotte, are mark shields and david brooks. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. d... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: with the convention over, republicans mitt romney and paul ryan officially launched into the general election campaig
ray suarez watched mitt romney's speech last night with a group of undecided virginians. >> i thought it did a very good job of personalizing him. i thought he came across just a little more human. >> i just don't know if he has the fire to actually convince people to jump on board, whatever his policies end up. >> woodruf and back from tampa, before heading to charlotte, are mark shields and david brooks. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the...
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i am looking at the romney speech because this is a moment. i mean americans, are they going to be comfortable with him and have the sense that he understands what we're going through and what my neighbors and kids are going through and my family is going through? and at the same time does he really have a plan? i think potential star is marco rubio. the guy i'm not going to take my eyes off is chris christie just another pretty face. anybody that has a weight problem has to look at chris christie and say i'm fascinated by this guy >> you literally can't take your eyes off him. (moaning) >> woodruff: david, mark, thank you. gwen and i are looking forward to spending a lot of time with you guys this week and next. you can catch more from mark and david on the doubleheader. that is just one of many "beyond the sky box" features available only online. find six live stream channels on our web site, including all of the official proceedings every day this week. also, there are interviews with newsmakers, delegates, and others here in attendance. we
i am looking at the romney speech because this is a moment. i mean americans, are they going to be comfortable with him and have the sense that he understands what we're going through and what my neighbors and kids are going through and my family is going through? and at the same time does he really have a plan? i think potential star is marco rubio. the guy i'm not going to take my eyes off is chris christie just another pretty face. anybody that has a weight problem has to look at chris...
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romney will make a speech to accept the nomination on thursday, the final day of the convention. delegates will nominate congressman paul ryan as his running mate. the most recent washington post/abc poll suggests romney has overtake obama. thpolluts him ahead by one percentage point. that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates.
romney will make a speech to accept the nomination on thursday, the final day of the convention. delegates will nominate congressman paul ryan as his running mate. the most recent washington post/abc poll suggests romney has overtake obama. thpolluts him ahead by one percentage point. that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates.
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going to draw more women to the romney-ryan ticket? >> absolutely think that the one thing that is very clear after this week is that romney is a man of character. you may disagree with his politics but clearly he's a man who committed to his family to, his community, he has been a business leadera government leader, no one c stand there say h hasn't sor of really earned this chance to run. i think that he gave a big nod not only to ann romney and the work she did to raise their family but all mothers, men and women who are of young children, who recognize that it's very difficult, you have two people working, you have young children, trying to pay bills, i think really did connect with a lot of people. we were there. it hasn't always been this easy. >> what did you think about those speeches and -- >> i think the thing about is when she talks about five screaming kids. she didn't work. but if you have two or three kids and you are taking care of them and you are trying to appeal to women, that will appeal to you. >> but will she be ab
going to draw more women to the romney-ryan ticket? >> absolutely think that the one thing that is very clear after this week is that romney is a man of character. you may disagree with his politics but clearly he's a man who committed to his family to, his community, he has been a business leadera government leader, no one c stand there say h hasn't sor of really earned this chance to run. i think that he gave a big nod not only to ann romney and the work she did to raise their family...
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in some ways, the president's speech is most important but cntos comes awfully close. he can speak to con stin went sis that obama can himself particularly white working class voters who are more in may because of who mitt romney. >> charlie:can clinton speak to them better than biden? >> i think clinton can speak to them better than biden because he speakings as the bill clinton who presided over a great economy. >> charlie:right. >> effective. biden is very effective with the people. >> charlie:organized labor. because of the trade and other issues. >> no, but he has a kind of trust among working class democrats. >> i think biden connects with those voters on a tbut level. >> charlie:yeah. >> i think clinton is still the best articulator of why the economic policies of this administration. >> charlie:and explain it better. >> barack obama win the working class and can he win catholics? >> i always say there is no catholic vote in its importance. they're classic0-40 group. it's very hard for tem to get less than 40% and republican 40% but the march tbins matter. latin
in some ways, the president's speech is most important but cntos comes awfully close. he can speak to con stin went sis that obama can himself particularly white working class voters who are more in may because of who mitt romney. >> charlie:can clinton speak to them better than biden? >> i think clinton can speak to them better than biden because he speakings as the bill clinton who presided over a great economy. >> charlie:right. >> effective. biden is very effective...
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>> mitt romney said in a speech recently that if you work hard and take some risks -- a word president, never uses -- there will be the opportunity for a better life in america. no guarantees, take risks, work hard, no governnt safety net, whicis what present obama promises. we will free the free enterprise system to work for you. forget about the government working for you. free enterprise will take care of you. >> president obama -- what is he going to do it for the person with money in the shoebox? >> he will try to keep the economy moving ahead so that the next person can survive to the next paycheck, and a robust recovery. a steady-as-you-no, we will move out of it together collectively, safety net for those who fall beneath. that is not bold. that is perhaps reassuring, but who is asking the question, what are you going to do for me? the mitt romney prescription will not work. >> mark, you wrote a column about the ryan budget and how romney is tied to it. >> what will be fascinating is if mitt romney did choose paul ryan as a running mate. whatever one says about paul ryan, he is
>> mitt romney said in a speech recently that if you work hard and take some risks -- a word president, never uses -- there will be the opportunity for a better life in america. no guarantees, take risks, work hard, no governnt safety net, whicis what present obama promises. we will free the free enterprise system to work for you. forget about the government working for you. free enterprise will take care of you. >> president obama -- what is he going to do it for the person with...
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it's going to take, i think, the very best speech of mitt romney's life, maybe even, you know, the very best speech of some better speakers lifeo change the-- to change the dynamic. and it's going to be really hard for him. especially given the fact that he's had a very sluggish and not very inspiring summer. >> maggie? >> i wish hi something dramic to add but i think that's about right. >> rose: klein was right. >> we have had a very static race. >> klein was right. >> who knew. >> we have had ray static race for a while and i think things have to go perfect for the republicans next week and that will just keep things level. i think if mitt romney doesn't give a terrific speech f somebody veers off message f things go dramatically off course i think that is a huge problem. they need to get past this aiken thing, they need to get past medicare and they need a reset heading into september. if we get to october and things still are where they are, that is not a great thing for mitt romney. >> john? >> i will second joe klein and maggie haberman. >> the romney campaign, republicans in gene
it's going to take, i think, the very best speech of mitt romney's life, maybe even, you know, the very best speech of some better speakers lifeo change the-- to change the dynamic. and it's going to be really hard for him. especially given the fact that he's had a very sluggish and not very inspiring summer. >> maggie? >> i wish hi something dramic to add but i think that's about right. >> rose: klein was right. >> we have had a very static race. >> klein was...
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that was the charge mitt romney leveled today in a speech at the virginia military institute. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we assess the differences between the two candidates on foreign policy. >> brown: then, we update the spread of the deadly meningitis outbreak, infecting more than a hundred people in nine states. >> woodruff: ray suarez examines the stem cell discovery that earned two scientists the nobel prize in medicine. >> brown: margaret warner updates the state of the presidential race with stuart rothenberg, susan page, and andrew kohut. >> woodruff: and we talk to author salman rushdie about his memoir on life on the run after being sentenced to death by iran's religious leader. >> if you had said to me, here's what's going to happen in the next 12 years, what sort of shape do you think you'll be in at the end? i would probably not have bet on myself to be in good shape, no. yet i somehow did survive it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been pro
that was the charge mitt romney leveled today in a speech at the virginia military institute. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we assess the differences between the two candidates on foreign policy. >> brown: then, we update the spread of the deadly meningitis outbreak, infecting more than a hundred people in nine states. >> woodruff: ray suarez examines the stem cell discovery that earned two scientists the nobel...
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in his acceptance speech, the usually private romney opened a small window into his faith and practice. our managing editor kim lawton reports from tampa on the many ways in which religion played a part in the convention. >> in accepting the republican nomination for president thursday, governor mitt romney talked more personally about his religion than he has so far on the campaign trail. describing his background, romney specifically mentioned his membership in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. >> we were mormons and growing up in michigan, that might have seemed unusual or out of place. but i really don't remember it that way. my friends cared more about what sports teams we followed than what church we went to. >> in the 1980s, romney was bishop for a mormon congregation in suburban boston in lds tradition, a bishop is similar to a pastor. he oversaw other churs as well. >> we had remarkably vibrant and diverse congregations from all walks of life, and many who were new to america. we prayed together. our kids played together. and we always stood ready to help each o
in his acceptance speech, the usually private romney opened a small window into his faith and practice. our managing editor kim lawton reports from tampa on the many ways in which religion played a part in the convention. >> in accepting the republican nomination for president thursday, governor mitt romney talked more personally about his religion than he has so far on the campaign trail. describing his background, romney specifically mentioned his membership in the church of jesus...
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he is that honest leader. >> i would just say i thought ann romney's speech was not aced as well. the strong point as i said last night, was "the i n fail." that should have been the core, you may not like him, but he can make a difference, we can govern the country better, and this is the guy who will not fail you. and she should have said he will in government and business, he does not allow himself to fail. >> woodruff: does that turn on its ha head this idea that peope have to like a president in order to vote for him? are you saying that the romney campaign has just decided we know people are not going to warm up to him? >> they still have a zone of privacy around them that, apparently, they're not going to break. she did not break it by giving any personal information, and i think that's a matter of pride and a matter of what they see as propriety and they're just not going to go there and it may come back to hurt them. >> ifill: can i ask about foreign policy? we had vin weber and norm coleman here earlier, foreign policy advisors to the romney campaign and we asked why the
he is that honest leader. >> i would just say i thought ann romney's speech was not aced as well. the strong point as i said last night, was "the i n fail." that should have been the core, you may not like him, but he can make a difference, we can govern the country better, and this is the guy who will not fail you. and she should have said he will in government and business, he does not allow himself to fail. >> woodruff: does that turn on its ha head this idea that peope...
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if you look at the polls of what we've seen so far post romney speech maybe got a slight bump. rasmussen has put him up a little. the gallup poll shows basically no movement. they're basically tied right now. what i'm looking for in this convention is what's next? what is the agenda for the second term? when he came into denver four years ago he knew exactly what he wanted to do. it was to heal the political mess in the country. 2009 we knew exactly what he wanted to do. he wanted to ameliorate the fiscal crisis. 2010 health care. what's the big answer right now? what's the big problem the country faces. what is he going to do about that problem? that's the real thing'm looki forthis week. >> woodruff: mark, we heard stephanie cutter say we're going to hear specifics this week. they're going to talk about what the president is going to do to carry out the agenda that he started in the first term. >> she said what crystallized the differences so that means a little bit more comparative. we can hear mitt romney's name mentioned more than once. the republican party. but i think it
if you look at the polls of what we've seen so far post romney speech maybe got a slight bump. rasmussen has put him up a little. the gallup poll shows basically no movement. they're basically tied right now. what i'm looking for in this convention is what's next? what is the agenda for the second term? when he came into denver four years ago he knew exactly what he wanted to do. it was to heal the political mess in the country. 2009 we knew exactly what he wanted to do. he wanted to ameliorate...
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i am speaking of ann romney, it is a very interesting speech. i mean just paid. >> based on what you see here, what was her task and what do you think this accomplishes if she delivers it the way she assume she will? >> charlie i think her task was to humanize her husband. he has a big likability problem, as they like to say, and she is just a fabulous asset, because if you want to talk about likability i cannot imagine anyone being around ann romney and not liking her, she is, i don't know her very well and been around her four or five times in my life, but between those experiences and talking to other people this is a really warm, down-to-earth person. she as a lot of the attributes inner husband struggles a with and i think she will try to describe him some how different than his public persona and from the excerpts we have read i think we all agree, she is probably going to do a pretty darn effective job. >> rose: i assume this will be in the speech and reading from the excerpts i read somewhere that we have a story book marriage, with flel
i am speaking of ann romney, it is a very interesting speech. i mean just paid. >> based on what you see here, what was her task and what do you think this accomplishes if she delivers it the way she assume she will? >> charlie i think her task was to humanize her husband. he has a big likability problem, as they like to say, and she is just a fabulous asset, because if you want to talk about likability i cannot imagine anyone being around ann romney and not liking her, she is, i...
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. >> rose: with the candor you are speaking tell me what you think of governor romney's positions on immigration expressed during the primary campaign. >> well i think what he expressed during the primary campaign is strong support for at that legal immigration system that works, he outlined that in a speech in orlando, here is another thing he did in the campaign he gave voice to a very legitimate frustration in america about immigration, it is a legitimate frustration, i will repeat with all of the repeat all of the 12 million people here undocumented and believe me i know the stories and they are heartbreaking maybe, 40, 50 million people coming to wait legally and see their families in my offices and no one talks about them, what about them? someone needs to speak out for them, they have done it the right way and i think not enough attention is being paid to that either. >> rose: well, can't you care about what happens to illegal without suggesting that you don't care about the people who came here and did all of the right things legally? >> rose: speak to the cause -- to the ide
. >> rose: with the candor you are speaking tell me what you think of governor romney's positions on immigration expressed during the primary campaign. >> well i think what he expressed during the primary campaign is strong support for at that legal immigration system that works, he outlined that in a speech in orlando, here is another thing he did in the campaign he gave voice to a very legitimate frustration in america about immigration, it is a legitimate frustration, i will...
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by president clinton, a big speech by president obama or a big speech by mitt romney? how much of that filters through and makes an impact on people are still in that undecided bubble or wil th wa til the week before the election? >> i think it's about democrats and republicans continuing the message that they had over the last two weeks. just relying on the convention alone is going to be talking about on the stump, getting on television with campaign ads because the group in the middle is just starting to tune into the election and the ones that will decide it won't make up their minds for a few weeks. >> and it's not just about the undecided voters but exciting the base. that's something you've seen here in charlotte just getting off of the tram to come into the arena you heard people starting to chant the fired up ready to go chant. that's what democrats want to make sure everybody's energized for the president and that will translate down ticket to races across the country from they get their people to the polls. >> sreenivasan: the people in the stadiums and aren
by president clinton, a big speech by president obama or a big speech by mitt romney? how much of that filters through and makes an impact on people are still in that undecided bubble or wil th wa til the week before the election? >> i think it's about democrats and republicans continuing the message that they had over the last two weeks. just relying on the convention alone is going to be talking about on the stump, getting on television with campaign ads because the group in the middle...
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. >> ifill: by the time he arrived in chillicothe, ohio last night, romney had a new speech ready, angrily rejecting the vice president's response. he called them. >> his campaign and his reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency. another outrageous charge in virginia and the white house sinks a little lower. so mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting america. >> ifill: obama campaign spokesman ben labolt, responding overnight, said romney's comments: back and forth it went, with romney, on "cbs this morning," saying it's the obama campaign that's acting unhinged. >> the comments of the vice president as i heard them, i thought were one more example of a divisive effort to... to keep from talking about the real issues. i think the american people had the same reaction, which is they listened to the vice president and they thought again a-- an unfounded charge and a metaphor which is not uplifting, not uniting, but one which is once again a divisive attack. >> ifill: the fight quickl
. >> ifill: by the time he arrived in chillicothe, ohio last night, romney had a new speech ready, angrily rejecting the vice president's response. he called them. >> his campaign and his reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency. another outrageous charge in virginia and the white house sinks a little lower. so mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting america. >> ifill:...
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at the same time governor romney gave his most thoughtful speech of the campaign about foreign policy, aid and foreign economic policy, the importance of introducing market incentives into our foreign economic policy. so all in all after all the sound bites and after all the negative clips, today was a thoughtful, positive day for american politics. wherever you come out in the political process i actually thought it was again the best day of the campaign season. >> ifill: always good to have a thoughtful, positive day. richard haas president for the council of foreign relations, ambassador nicholas burns at harvard kennedy school. thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: next, a new dispatch from the difficult job market. newshour economics correspondent paul solm has long chronicled st how tough it is to get hired. tonight he looks at how one of the big changes in recent years-- applying online-- is not working for many seeking a job. it's part of his ongoing reporting, "making sense of financial news." reporter: at mclean bible, a mega church in vienna, virginia, the appr
at the same time governor romney gave his most thoughtful speech of the campaign about foreign policy, aid and foreign economic policy, the importance of introducing market incentives into our foreign economic policy. so all in all after all the sound bites and after all the negative clips, today was a thoughtful, positive day for american politics. wherever you come out in the political process i actually thought it was again the best day of the campaign season. >> ifill: always good to...
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general assembly, the speech by the iranian leader, the speech by prime minister netanyahu of israel, the president spoke. that's now in the air, today and yesterday romney's campaigning in sort of a military setting. could foreign policy suddenly rise up and be a bigger issue in this campaign. >> i think it's going to be less of an issue after benjamin netanyahu's speech yesterday. i think there was a concern, a real concern that if netanyahu thought that obama was ing to be re-ected, that the likelihood or the possibility of israel attacking the iranian reactor before the election with the expectation they wouldn't get as good a deal in the second term of obama increased. and yesterday i think he took that off the table. i think now he's talking about next spring, and i think so there is less like leehood of that. but it can happen at any time. foreign policy can occur but the problem that mitt romney has is he hasn't risen to the commander in chief level that people believe that he is and when he chose paul ryan he didn't fill out his resume. he chose not to go in that direction. >
general assembly, the speech by the iranian leader, the speech by prime minister netanyahu of israel, the president spoke. that's now in the air, today and yesterday romney's campaigning in sort of a military setting. could foreign policy suddenly rise up and be a bigger issue in this campaign. >> i think it's going to be less of an issue after benjamin netanyahu's speech yesterday. i think there was a concern, a real concern that if netanyahu thought that obama was ing to be re-ected,...
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romney gave what was billed as a major speech on the economy, i'm not sure how new it was but they are trying to go big and talk about big issues. the obama campaign i think is going small and even deeper into microtargeting. they have this linda dunham video targeted it to single women. they've got a series of more tightly targeted. they're doing the binders, still doing the binders for women, much more negative stuff. personally i don't know if it will be effective. personally i like the way the romney campaign is try to be more substantive but romney overwhelmingly negative. >> i come back to the walter monday dale race with gary hart. where's the beef. i have heard romney talk about big change, big change. i know he is large bills but i -- know he was big change. this is just, it's just an adjective and a known. as far as paul ryan's speech on poverty, i mean paul ryan's budget, 62% of the cuts in his budget came fro programs for poor people. i think it's wonderful to talk about social mobility. i think it's great to talk about community. but i mean when the rubber hits 9 road, who
romney gave what was billed as a major speech on the economy, i'm not sure how new it was but they are trying to go big and talk about big issues. the obama campaign i think is going small and even deeper into microtargeting. they have this linda dunham video targeted it to single women. they've got a series of more tightly targeted. they're doing the binders, still doing the binders for women, much more negative stuff. personally i don't know if it will be effective. personally i like the way...
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, perhaps his vice presidential nominee or programs his wife and then make the speech. you know and then bring everybody out and there you go. >> yes. >> rose: what role do they play today? >> well, one reason to do it, in a brief brief constraint, if jesus could overcome suffering and death in three days surely to god we can get somebody nominated by that time in that same amount of time, in honor. >> rose: jesus was unique. >> in honor of your native state and billy graham nearby. >> ros thas rit. >> think for those of us who love this process, and see it in teddy white terms as a quest, conventions have given us many moments, defining moments, and i think when we look back, we do see that there have been moments where nominees have broken through. you mentioned bush 41, i think it is unquestionable that in 1988 the speech he gave began to impress, he impressedimself on t country a way he had not done it before. >> rose: was it essentially a read my lips or was it more? >> it is i am that man. remember? he had a very ambivalent relationship with the first person prono
, perhaps his vice presidential nominee or programs his wife and then make the speech. you know and then bring everybody out and there you go. >> yes. >> rose: what role do they play today? >> well, one reason to do it, in a brief brief constraint, if jesus could overcome suffering and death in three days surely to god we can get somebody nominated by that time in that same amount of time, in honor. >> rose: jesus was unique. >> in honor of your native state and...
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long speech he gave today but we know two men talked on the phone and that romney has asked for a meeting with him and i assume you'll see an endorsement at some point down the road but, yes, i think there are hard feelings. >> woodruff: how hard do you think it will be, jim o'toole, for him to patch up whatever feelings there are on santorum's part toward romney, vice versa, and what about the willingness of people supporting rick santorum now to become governor romney? >> i think the first question is easier to answer than the second i think rick santorum and the other republican candidates said they would have no trouble uniting behind a candidate running against president obama. i think barack obama is the greatest thing the republicans have in terms of a force for unity. but at the same time i don't want to stress that too much in that while some of the social conservatives drawn to senator santorum aren't going to turn around and vote for president obama, romney wants something like enthusiasm from them and that's going to be tougher to engender and he is going to need the help of p
long speech he gave today but we know two men talked on the phone and that romney has asked for a meeting with him and i assume you'll see an endorsement at some point down the road but, yes, i think there are hard feelings. >> woodruff: how hard do you think it will be, jim o'toole, for him to patch up whatever feelings there are on santorum's part toward romney, vice versa, and what about the willingness of people supporting rick santorum now to become governor romney? >> i think...
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we know that paul ryan is now in the vip box sitting there waiting for mitt romney's big speech. and i know that interlewd with the real people as you wer=d calling them, spoke so movingly about mitt romney. but it brings them to attention. >> i think it did. i think it did. everybody is at full attention now. and they are getting ready for this. you know, we talked over the last few nights about the theater of these kinds of things. theater in the best sense and a good theater performance has to build and build. that is what is happening. we had the emotional moment and the music, we had right behind me was the texas delegation waving their hats. we have not had a the lot of that in the last few days. we have not had a lot of chants and had the mitt, mitt, mitt. we have not had that and we are starting to get that now. >> and it's interesting it's coming from ordinary people. these are people telling powerful stories. who had connections with mitt romney either through the church or the olympics or bain capital. but it's fascinating to me that it's not the polished speakers, the
we know that paul ryan is now in the vip box sitting there waiting for mitt romney's big speech. and i know that interlewd with the real people as you wer=d calling them, spoke so movingly about mitt romney. but it brings them to attention. >> i think it did. i think it did. everybody is at full attention now. and they are getting ready for this. you know, we talked over the last few nights about the theater of these kinds of things. theater in the best sense and a good theater...
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ironic for mitt romney. which is how many people in the campaign saw that speech. >> rose: that's exactly the question i have, david. >> so my underanding is not so many. so if you hand it out to 20 people, somebody says hey, you know, we really should mention the troops and everyone else says we should. but if you keep it closed, then you don't get that feedback. >> rose: yeah. >> and that's a magazine problem. and i think one of the things that has been disheartening to republicans is okay, mitt romney is not going to be ronald reagan. he is to the going to have that core of ideaological depths that reagan had but will manage well. the fact that they mismanaged the convention has been upsetting to a lot of republicans. >> rose: from clint eastwood on down around. >> that was one of them but just mismanaging the messaging. >> rose: and so what should they have done they did not do. >> well,. >> rose: like the specifics of what they would do to fix the problem. >> i think if you embrace paul ryan you are emb
ironic for mitt romney. which is how many people in the campaign saw that speech. >> rose: that's exactly the question i have, david. >> so my underanding is not so many. so if you hand it out to 20 people, somebody says hey, you know, we really should mention the troops and everyone else says we should. but if you keep it closed, then you don't get that feedback. >> rose: yeah. >> and that's a magazine problem. and i think one of the things that has been disheartening...
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. >> he crystallizes -- i i think the clinton speech is a little overblown. >> ifill: really? >> he's not a great speaker. he's very popular. but you can remember a great phrase-- >> ifill: oklahoma city. >> another that was a nonpolitical speech but i'll give you credit for that one. i think what he does-- and he did this in the ad which has been super effective for obama-- is crestalize. he takes issues we all are familiar with and futs in phraseology. i'm curious to see how he does that. the second thing is clinton changed the democratic party, temporarily, towards a centrist position. he balanced budgets and produced surpluses. it is not clear to me-- and this is a question for me-- does the rubin strategy apply to today's democratic party. i see very little sign that it does. >> woodruff: just quickly, mark, how much of clinton's popularity can be transfer to president obama? >> it isn't transferable. i think david is right, he does crystallize, but he makes the argument for obama better than obama does. he is a brill advocate, and i think he's a far better advocate when
. >> he crystallizes -- i i think the clinton speech is a little overblown. >> ifill: really? >> he's not a great speaker. he's very popular. but you can remember a great phrase-- >> ifill: oklahoma city. >> another that was a nonpolitical speech but i'll give you credit for that one. i think what he does-- and he did this in the ad which has been super effective for obama-- is crestalize. he takes issues we all are familiar with and futs in phraseology. i'm...
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presidential front- runner mitt romney. ryan accused the president of distorting his plan. >> we have a president who is really good at giving big speeches. the problem with our president is he's not good at leadership. he's not good at solving problems. he'll try to characterize those people who do not agree with where he's taking america as if we're some kind of villain in a cartoon like the cartoons we watch on saturday morning growing up. what we'll try to do is divide america in order to distract america from the facts that his plan is bringing this country on the wrong path. we don't want a president to divide us. we don't want a president who is there to distract us. we want a president that is going to get the american dream back on track. >> woodruff: for more on this national debate over spending and taxes, we are joined by jared bernstein of the center on budget and policy priorities, who was the chief economist and economic adviser to vice president biden. and daniel mitchell, senior fellow for the cato institut
presidential front- runner mitt romney. ryan accused the president of distorting his plan. >> we have a president who is really good at giving big speeches. the problem with our president is he's not good at leadership. he's not good at solving problems. he'll try to characterize those people who do not agree with where he's taking america as if we're some kind of villain in a cartoon like the cartoons we watch on saturday morning growing up. what we'll try to do is divide america in...
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that governor romney will give thursday night i think is perhaps the most important in the campaign for him. that's his chance to talk to americans, to voters who don't know him, don't trust him and say here's why you can trust me. >> ifill: will todd aiken be at the convention? >> i don't think so, no. but i do think i agree with susan completely. voters are ready for a change but they're not sure mitt romney is the right change. he's got to do that over the next few weeks to introduce himself. he's got to put to aiken way behind him, way behind him. >> ifill: stu rothenberg and susan page, thank you both very much. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, the high rates of smoking worldwide; the achievement gap between rich and poor students; the admission of women to augusta national; the rise of militant islam in mali; and one columnist's view of what's poisoning the political debate. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama issued a new warning to syria today. he left open the possibility of u.s. military involvement, if the
that governor romney will give thursday night i think is perhaps the most important in the campaign for him. that's his chance to talk to americans, to voters who don't know him, don't trust him and say here's why you can trust me. >> ifill: will todd aiken be at the convention? >> i don't think so, no. but i do think i agree with susan completely. voters are ready for a change but they're not sure mitt romney is the right change. he's got to do that over the next few weeks to...
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but he doesn't know how to lead, that plays, they believe into their strength that mitt romney in fact does know how to lead and that's the businessman's bkground and history, and so even though a lot of these things may not hang together separately as all of these different issues, whic whh you wonder why are they talking about them, there is a method to the madness al after a while which they bring it back to the idea that barack obama may be a good guy but he can't pull it off and we can. >> rose: in the last month of the campaign, mark halperin tell me what you think the strategy of the two campaigns is and how confident are they both? >> well, to pick up on what gwen was saying, think e libya thing attracts them for a couple of reasons there is signs the economy is better so just to make a management case against the president for the economy is not as effective as it would have been just a few months ago and some of the battle ground states in terms of consumer confidence and optimism and in terms of president handling the economy what is good about libya also is i believe they t
but he doesn't know how to lead, that plays, they believe into their strength that mitt romney in fact does know how to lead and that's the businessman's bkground and history, and so even though a lot of these things may not hang together separately as all of these different issues, whic whh you wonder why are they talking about them, there is a method to the madness al after a while which they bring it back to the idea that barack obama may be a good guy but he can't pull it off and we can....
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about how mitt romney wants to cut education and give tax breaks to millionaires and billion arizona but we need you, we need you, to get out. it's about a base election now, judy. that's what's going on. >> woodruff: let me quickly ask all four of you how the campaigns are organized in your state, and do you see that making a difference in such a close race. adam smith, starting with you in florida. >> oh, they are both verdict organized. obama has by far the biggest campaign operation florida has ever seen. i think there are about 50 offices now open in every corner of the state. and romney, unlike mccain four years ago, really has a pretty solid grass-roots operation. he's got dozens of campaign offices. he's investing in the ground troops. and they seem to be getting a lot of people showing up for those phone banks and door knocks. >> woodruff: karen kasler? >> it seems to be the same here if ohio. in 2010, the off-year elections, the republicans dominated and they've kept that organization. and last year, in ohio, the democrats scored a big win with with witthe repeal of collect
about how mitt romney wants to cut education and give tax breaks to millionaires and billion arizona but we need you, we need you, to get out. it's about a base election now, judy. that's what's going on. >> woodruff: let me quickly ask all four of you how the campaigns are organized in your state, and do you see that making a difference in such a close race. adam smith, starting with you in florida. >> oh, they are both verdict organized. obama has by far the biggest campaign...
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inhis biograph so i hope in his convention speech-- he doesn't need to be preachy or sectarian. he just needs to talk about his deepest values and motivations and the way he-- it affects the way he would govern. i think americans expect and want that. >> warner: well, we hear you here, maybe the governor is listening. michael gerson, ruth marcus we thank you lot. our newshour gwen ifill is speaking with mitt romney this weekend. we will post an excerpt on our web site and have the full interview on the newshour nday. >> brown: finally tonight, the london olympic games are winding down, heading into the final weekend. along the way, they've been filled with thrills, and created a good bit of sports history. tomorrow, usain bolt gets another chance to add to his fame in the men's four by 100 relay. his victory yesterday in the 200 meters made him the only man ever to win both 100 and 2 in back-to-back olympics. >> he's pulling away. it's going to be usain bolt! >> brown: the u.s. women's soccer team, the work is over, after beating japan yesterday, to win gold in the third consecu
inhis biograph so i hope in his convention speech-- he doesn't need to be preachy or sectarian. he just needs to talk about his deepest values and motivations and the way he-- it affects the way he would govern. i think americans expect and want that. >> warner: well, we hear you here, maybe the governor is listening. michael gerson, ruth marcus we thank you lot. our newshour gwen ifill is speaking with mitt romney this weekend. we will post an excerpt on our web site and have the full...
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they said it's a speech, we can't estimate speeches. you see, that is what we get there this administration. speeches. but we're not getting leadership. mitt romney is uniquely qualified to fix these problems. his lifetime of experience, is proven track record of bipartisanship and what do we have from the president, he broke his big promise to bring people together to solve the country's biggest problems. what i wld tell him is we n't ve sete for this. we can do better than this. >> i hope i will get equal time. >> you will get just a few minutes here, a few seconds, really. >> the two budgets the congress introduced have eviscerated all the things that the middle class cares about. it is not-- will knock 19 million off medicare t will kick 200,000 children off early education it will eliminate the tax credit people have to be able to send their children to college. it cuts education by 450 billion dollars. it does virtually nothing except continue to increase the tax cuts for the very wealthy. and you know, we have had enough of this.
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we know chris christie better after half an hour speech last night than we know mitt romney after two presidential campaigns. >> is that fair, david is that true? maybe mitt romney is what we see. i am who i am. maybe we keep waiting for some great revealing that doesn't exist? >> yeah, well, all i can say is all of us met people that worked with him democrats and republicans and they all describe somebody different and there are stories that come out the rescue of the daughter from the colleague, family nixon that with two disabled sons and romney shows up on christmas morning with a sound system. and the guy who left one of his son's wedding receptions early to take food to a breast cancer victim. so these stories bubble out. and why they are not telling the stories, is a little weird. >> here is a story they told that got overlooked it was ann romney saying my husband is very privileged he is privileged but he is also very generous but he doesn't like to talk about it. and no matter what you do i will not talk about it. and we assume she was talk being the decision not to release t
we know chris christie better after half an hour speech last night than we know mitt romney after two presidential campaigns. >> is that fair, david is that true? maybe mitt romney is what we see. i am who i am. maybe we keep waiting for some great revealing that doesn't exist? >> yeah, well, all i can say is all of us met people that worked with him democrats and republicans and they all describe somebody different and there are stories that come out the rescue of the daughter from...
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they were working on the victory speech. they were not faking it. they thought they would win. >> ifill: so we now have another call. this one is the associated press reporting that colorado, the state of colorado which had been a huge battle ground state and a test of many of the womens of this campaign, come come has been called for president obama. >> woodruff: if that's the case, david and mark, okay. i mean if you don't have... even if ohio were to go romney, if the president has won wisconsin, iowa, colorado, and nevada, and other states, nevada. we don't know yet about florida. or virginia. we know that governor romney has won north carolina. >> i think you're still there. that's 60 votes. ifill: let's go to chicago as we add it all up. let's goo ray suarez who is somewhere in that crowd. hi, ray. >> if there are discouraging words that are starting to circulate around the united states about the status of ohio and the status of the electoral vote count, they haven't quite penetrated in this crowd that is waving the flag, jumping up and down.
they were working on the victory speech. they were not faking it. they thought they would win. >> ifill: so we now have another call. this one is the associated press reporting that colorado, the state of colorado which had been a huge battle ground state and a test of many of the womens of this campaign, come come has been called for president obama. >> woodruff: if that's the case, david and mark, okay. i mean if you don't have... even if ohio were to go romney, if the president...